The Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre was a suicide bombing which occurred on March 2, 2002 at the entrance of the ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva

Yeshiva

Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...

 "Beit Yisrael" located in downtown Jerusalem. Eleven Israeli civilians were killed in the attack, including two infants and three children.

The Palestinian Islamist militant organization al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades

The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...

 claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack

On Saturday night, 2 March 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber approached the entrance of the ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva

Yeshiva

Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...

 "Beit Yisrael" located in downtown Jerusalem where people had gathered for a Bar Mitzvah celebration.

A little after 19:00 pm the Palestinian suicide bomber detonated the explosive device next to a group of ultra-Orthodox women whom were waiting for their husbands outside of the Yeshiva together with their children.

11 people were killed in the attack, including two infants and three children. Over 50 people were injured in the attack, four of them in critical condition.

Fatalities

Avraham Nehmad, 17, of Rishon Lezion Avi Hazan, 37, of Adora Lidor Ilan, 12, of Rishon Lezion Oriah Ilan, 1, of Rishon Lezion Shauli Nehmad, 15, of Rishon Lezion Gafnit Nehmad, 32, of Rishon Lezion

Shiraz Nehmad, 7, of Rishon Lezion Shlomo Nehmad, 40, of Rishon Lezion Tsofit Yarit Eliahu, 23, of Jerusalem Ya'akov Avraham Eliahu, under 1, of Jerusalem Liran Nehmad, 3, of Rishon Lezion

The perpetrators

Officials from the Palestinian Islamist militant organization al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades

The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...

 claimed responsibility for the attack.

External links

• Suicide bombing in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood in Jerusalem, March 2, 2002 - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• In Jerusalem, Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 9 - published on March 3, 2002 in the New York Times
• UN rights chief Robinson says shocked by Jerusalem bombing - published on March 4, 2002 in Ha'aretz